Fishing-tackle



H. R. FRENSDORF.

FISHING TACKLE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. I. I9I9.

1,339,189.4 Famed May 4,1920.

MOI/MW A HERMAN R. FRENSDOBF, 0F GLIBBS CITY, MICHIGAN.

FISHING-TACKLE.

Speciication of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1920.

Application iled November 1, 1919. Serial No. 335,065.

To all whom t may concern:

Be Ait known that I, HERMAN R. FRENs- DoRr, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Gibbs City, in the county of Iron and State .of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fishing- Tackle, of which the following is avdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, 'which are a part of' are so shaped as to impart a circular move ment to the tackle as it is drawn through the water.

Another objectA of this invention isto provide a trolling s inner which will be of compact, yet e cient construction, and which will function in a' practical manner.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description Iproceeds, my invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafter described and more particularly defined by the appended claims, it 'being'k understood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the herein disclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claims.

In the accompanying drawin I have illustrated one complete examp e of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to the best mode I 'have so far-devised for the practical application of the principles thereof, and in which:

Figure l is an elevational view of a trolling spinner or lure constructed according to and embodying the various features of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through' one vane of the spinner` said view being taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional Iview through the other vane, said view being taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

`Referrin now more particularly to the accompanying drawing, the numeral 5 designates a supporting member formed of a fishing line b means of a journaled joint or the like 8. he lower end of the member 5 has formed thereonan eye 9 adapted to receive a suitable fish hook 10, the eye 9 being readily detachably closed by means of the end portion 11 of the wire-5 being bent along the medial portion thereof, and having its 4extreme end looped, as at 12, to provide a readily releasable lock lor securing means, as clearly shown in the drawings.

Freely rotatably mounted on the shank or medial portion of the wire 5 are a plurality of washers 13 and a yoke or shackle member 14. `A spinner 15 is secured to the shackle member 14, as at 16, and the spinner is formed with a long, narrow vane 17,

and a substantially short but wide vane 18. t 75 The vanesv 17 and .18 are .concave and convex on one surface, respectively, and convex and concave, respectively, on the opposite surface.

The spinner 1-5 is rapidly rotated as the tackle is passed through `the water to'lure the fish to strike the bait usually secured to the hook 10, and by reason of the peculiar shape of the spinner, lthe same will cause .the tackle to travel yin a zig-zag or circular v positely extending vanes, one of said vanes being wider than the other and having a greater resistance than the other vane in .the passage of the spinner through the water, whereby a zig zagcourse is imparted thereto, one of said vanes being convex and the other `one concave.

In testimony whereof, l aix my signature.

HERMAN R. FRENSDORF. 

